"Most places man is top of the food chain. In the ocean, he drops a few notches. In Australia, hes lucky to make the top 100."

Isn't that the truth. Between the Great Whites, the salt-water crocs, the funnel web spiders, the box jelly fish, the banded sea snake and the blue ring octopi, man barely makes it in the top ten, and that's before he gets past the beach.

Nothing scares me worse than the Brown Recluse Spider that crawls all over the southern United States.

There’s also a version of it which is even more vicious - necrotic wounds are caused by its bites, and can frequently cause flesh wounds the size of tennis balls. The spider is tiny and very non-threatening in appearance, and this makes it much more dangerous.

Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable servicetwo dishes, but to one table. Thats the end.

"Nothing scares me worse than the Brown Recluse Spider that crawls all over the southern United States."

See, there's your first mistake. The brown recluse - which is a terrifying spider - is found mainly in the midwest part of the country. Missouri is recluse capital of the world. The recluse is found only exceptionally sparingly in the south, and really only in the very northern edges of the south.

I happened to read an article on a plane just a few months ago from a PhD from Emory (I think, maybe Georgia Tech) that did copious research on the recluse in Georgia. As it turns out, many instances of necrotic flesh are mistakenly attributed to the brown recluse, when in fact it's most likely MIRSA (the super infectious bacteria). From her studies of GA, she found the fear of the recluse - at least in the south - as very overblown. I wish I could remember the ladies name. I'd search for the article and post it.

Maybe the good PhD should visit Memphis, TN. We are located in the Mid-South and it’s not unusual in my line of work to see a brown recluse a couple times a week. I’m no spider-ologist....I just clean residential homes. Scary, huh?

My wife was bitten on both legs around the same place on both legs at six months apart.Unbelievable damage and permanent scarring the size of a 50 cent piece.We live in West Texas and they are very common.
Almost went crazy cleaning house.We became obsessed with neutralizing them.They will always be here but not on such a large scale.
Good luck to anyone bitten.

A good friend of mine in Atlanta’s dog was biten by something. The vet later said it was most likely a brown recluse. The dog survived with permanent scarring but it was touch and go for several weeks.

My wife was bitten on both legs around the same place on both legs at six months apart.Unbelievable damage and permanent scarring the size of a 50 cent piece.We live in West Texas and they are very common.
Almost went crazy cleaning house.We became obsessed with neutralizing them.They will always be here but not on such a large scale.
Good luck to anyone bitten

Been awhile but I can say that the Brown Recluse in older times was referred to as’The spider that hides’. Ugly wound that takes some time to heal. She received what was interpreted as another on her stomach.They treated it as a spider bite for one month.Then it colonized into four holes. They did a biopsy and found out it was MRSA. Seven days of three hours in the morning of a power full antibiotic and three hours in the evening for one week.All the while having to change the IV entrance as the anti-biotic was so HOT it kept collapsing her veins. If diagnosed properly in the early stages,all that she would have had to take was oral medicine.Rough time

MY wife had been bitten twice on one leg each within two weeks of another.Nasty wound is an understatement.She will forever have scars on each leg that are the size of half dollars. She had thought she had been bitten on her stomach which the local hospital had misdiagnosed for a month.it was then they decided to do a biopsy after it had colonized into four groups. She had to undergo intravenous treatments that consisted of three hours in the morning and three hours in the evening for one week for treatment of MRSA.A very nasty procedure when if caught early,a pill would have taken care of the problem. The treatments were given in the emergency room of all places. Many nurses have had it and they say it comes wit the job. PS,when the wife was first bit, we tore the house apart.We did anything and everything short of poisoning ourselves. To no avail. We tore the hose apart completely remodeling from top to bottom. No work. As I type,I have six bites under my armpit.Not to brag,our house is immaculate and I have become the bug Special Forces in our house.My next option is to line our closets with ceder.If anyone has a better idea,We would appreciate it. PS,We live in West Texas,Thanks and sorry for the long spiel.

I hear you, I hate pests and I hate the fact that they are such a pain in the behind to eliminate in houses made of wood and drywall. I’ve often contemplated lining all inner surfaces of my house with non-porous sheeting, just for avoiding situations like this.

It may have been a black widow as I have seen quite a few.But also brown recluse.I was wondering if ceder lined closets would help.When I was bitten,I had worn a shirt that day that I had not worn in quite awhile.I am in the habit of shaking out anything and everything including boots and shoes.
I have been stung six times by scorpions and it feels like a cigarette being put out on you.I was also stung by a tarantula which caused some discomfort and itching,but that is how it is in west Texas.I kill a lot of rattle snakes.

Had a quack doctor who initially diagnosed it as a spider bite as she already had two.Treated the spot on her stomach as past history.I spent a lot of time researching myself and found that when MRSA left untreated,tends to colonize.She had four spots on her stomach after one month of treatment before they did biopsies.Instead of a good diagnosis at first where she could have taken pills to combat the infection,It turned into three days in the morning for drips,three hours after work for another one.Veins collapsing,for one week.And she continued working.Pin this shot,all were given in the ER!!I am not a smart man,but if in a serious accident,would not want to be exposed to that situation.PS,ALL MRSA patients were treated there.Scenario,bad car accident,taken to ER,where that is prevalent.Do you trust them???HELL NO>

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